Novalena orizaba (Banks 1898)

Map 8

Agelena orizaba Banks 1898: 231, plate 14, figure 30 (♀) Agelenopsis orizaba F.O. Pickard-Cambridge 1902: 338 Novalena orizaba Chamberlin & Ivie 1942: 230

Type. Holotype female: MEXICO: Veracruz: Pico de Orizaba, 19°N, 97°W, originally deposited at CAS and lost in the San Francisco earthquake in 1906.

Remarks. According to the description by Banks (1898: 231), the epigynum of Agelena orizaba “has a transverse bridge somewhat like that of A. naevia ( Agelenopsis naevia), at the end of which there is a black mark”. This may refer to the epigynal bridge that separates the atrium from the coupling cavity of Agelenopsis . However, Banks also mentions “ Last joint (distal segment) of the superior spinnerets (posterior lateral spinnerets) shorter than the basal one ” whereas in Agelenopsis the distal segment is approximately twice the length of the basal segment.

Male. Unknown.

Distribution. MEXICO: Veracruz (Map 8).